Saphonecrus chaodongzhui Melika, Ács & Bechtold, 2004

Saphonecrus chaodongzhui Melika, Ács & Bechtold in Melika et al. (2004): 330, ♀.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Province) (Melika et al. 2004: 333–334; Wang et al. 2010: 1037–1038), South Korea, and Japan (Schwéger et al. 2015b: 62, Saphonecrus connatus section).

Remarks. According to Schwéger et al. (2015b) and Lobato-Vila et al. (2021b), S. chaodongzhui was recorded in Zhejiang (China) by Wang et al. (2010). However, this record is erroneous; in China, S. chaodongzhui has been found only in Yunnan (Wang et al. 2010).

Remarks (2). Saphonecrus connatus is thought to be a trans-Palaearctic species and was mentioned from Japan and South Korea (Sakagami 1949, 1952; Abe et al. 2007). However, this record might be well S. chaodongzhui, a species that is closely related to (and morphologically similar to) S. connatus (according to Schwéger et al. 2015b).

Biology. Reared from leaf galls on Q. dentata (sect. Quercus) (Schwéger et al. 2015b). The gall inducer has yet to be confirmed.